Cyber Education

Empowering People to Control Technology

Our Vision

The Boston Cybernetics Institute (BCI) is a public benefit corporation, founded in 2017 by three former researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

The mission of BCI is to promote and provide cyber-security education and training in furtherance of the national defense of the United States of America.

The best means of accomplishing this mission is by combining direct education and training with customized curriculum development.

In order for BCI to deliver the best education in the latest techniques, we must also conduct research, systems analyses, and consulting for ongoing programs.

Our Leadership

President​: Jeremy Blackthorne
Chief Operations Officer: Carl Lawson Jr.

Our instructors are passionate about enabling people to reach their potential through shared culture and teamwork. Each are experienced in teaching and conducting Reversing and Exploitation.

Director of Research and Instructor: Reed Porada

Services

We specialize in training students in cyber systems analysis, reverse-engineering, and vulnerability assessment of mission platforms.

Visit our course catalog for more information.

Education

A well-defined problem is half the solution.

We transform large vague problems into more manageable descriptions so mission commanders can triage their resources to the right solutions.

Systems Analysis

We conduct research in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity to provide novel options to decision-makers.

Research

Contracts and Certifications

Contact

101 Federal Street
Suite 1900
Boston, Massachusetts
02110

Email: info@BostonCyber.org

DUNS#: 080984337
CAGE Code: 80CU5

Contracts and Certifications

Chief Operations Officer and Contracts: Carl Lawson Jr.
cjlawson@bostoncybernetics.org

  1. Duns: 080984337
  2. CAGE: 80CU5
  3. Status: Small Business
  4. We accept check, wire, credit cards, ACH

Feature Courses

CNO Developer Training Windows and Linux

13-Week Comprehensive Bootcamp

Course Location and Dates

On-site | Off-site | Dates Given by Request

Price

Rates are set per class, depending on size and requirements.

Class Format

"Hands-on" driven via exercises, theory, and diagrams to support.
Students are assigned their own hosted virtual machine (VM).
VMs will contain all content for the class.

Prerequisites

Students are presumed to have a background in software development. Some may have a background in Linux, some in Windows, some in C, and some in Java, but they all need the ability to think logically and methodically about software development.

Fundamentals of Software Reverse-Engineering

Course Location and Dates

On-site | Off-site | Dates Given by Request

Price

Rates are set per class, depending on size and requirements.

Class Format

"Hands-on" driven via exercises, theory and diagrams to support.
Students are assigned their own hosted virtual machine (VM).
VMs will contain all content for class.

Prerequisites

Computer with web connectivity.
Basic knowledge of programming in C and/or C++.
Prior exposure to programming is a plus but, not expected.

Course Syllabus

  1. Intro to Reverse-Engineering Software
  2. Recognizing C Code Constructs
  3. Reverse-Engineering with IDA Pro
  4. Vulnerability Analysis
  5. Advanced Topics

Agentic AI for CNO Development

5-Day Course

Course Location and Dates

On-site | Off-site | Dates Given by Request

Price

Rates are set per class, depending on size and requirements.

Class Format

Hands-on and driven by practical exercises, demos, and discussion.
Students use a preconfigured VM with frontier AI models and all required tools.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have experience in CNO and programming in C, Python, and Linux.